iPhone Dev team had announced last week that they might be able to jailbreak and unlock Apple's new iPhone 3GS as they were able to verify that the 24Kpwn exploit that the hybrid team
used on the iPod Touch 2G, is still applicable to the bootrom of iPhone 3GS.
However, they have now announced that they are delaying their iPhone 3GS jailbreak in the interest of those who are planning to purchase an iPhone 3GS in the near future as they expect Apple to release iPhone OS 3.0.1 in which they might try to fix the exploit.
Dev Team has given the following explanation for delaying the jailbreak for iPhone 3GS:
this point in time would benefit relatively few people. It would in
fact be detrimental to many more people than it would help. So we feel
it’s best to keep our version of the jailbreak out of Apple’s sights
for the time being.
The nature of the 3GS hardware allows Apple to stop IPSWs from being
usable unless you’ve already gotten the signed chunks they send to you
based on your ECID (a unique chip ID). You cannot get these signed
chunks without knowing your ECID, and you don’t know your ECID until
you’ve bought your 3GS.
The jailbreak requires at least one signed iBoot-family img3 for
your device. And that iBoot needs to have an exploitable bug. It’s an
all-or-nothing deal…you either have your signed exploitable iBoot ready
to use, for now and forever — always jailbreakable — or you have
nothing.
Here’s the critical point, the reason why we’re delaying our version
of the jailbreak: Once the jailbreak is out, Apple will fix the
iBoot-family bug we use to accomplish it. They will simply stop
signing the old iBoots and only sign the fixed ones. If you bought
your phone after Apple has done this, there’s nothing you can do…the
jailbreak isn’t going to work for you.
As always, please don't forget to drop us a line to tell us what you think about Dev team's decision to delay releasing the jailbreak.
[via Dev Team's blog]
